Fact 1 - Sun exposure could actually help prevent cancer.

Evidence

True.
Studies representative that this relationship exists need to be considered. A lot of different researchers have shown that regular moderate sun exposure may play a role in preventing several kinds of cancers, including colon and breast cancers, which claim hundreds of thousands of lives annually.

Quite a few studies have shown that Vitamin D, whose only reliable source for humans comes from sunshine, may play a role in retarding or arresting pre-cancerous cells in the body from reproducing.

Really, we have known for decades that overall cancer rates are significantly higher in sun-deprived parts of the world.

Fact 2 - The benefits of sun exposure far outweighs the risks of sunburn and overexposure.

Evidence

Non-melanoma skin cancer, which may be connected to sunburn and overexposure to ultraviolet light, has an extremely low death rate of 0.3 percent and snuffs out 1,200 lives a year in the United States.

You may compare that to diseases that can be inhibited by regular sun exposure. Breast and colon cancers, both of which may be inhibited by regular ultraviolet light exposure, have high death rates of 20-65 percent and claim 138,000 lives every year.

a bone disease - Osteoporosis, which can be inhibited by regular sun exposure, is epidemic, affecting 25 million Americans. Each year, 1.5 million osteoporosis patients suffer bone fractures, which can be fatal in elderly cases.

Because customary sun exposure may inhibit the onset of this and other diseases, it is clear that these and other potential benefits of sun exposure need to be explored and factored into the equation.